Hegewisch

Hyde Park Township, Italy

Hegewisch station is a commuter rail station in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the Hegewisch neighborhood, that serves the South Shore Line north to Millennium Station and east to the cities of Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana. The Hegewisch station has high-leve

l platforms, as part of NICTD's continuing effort to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Hegewisch station is the South Shore Line's easternmost stop in Chicago and the last one in Illinois outbound, and offers pay parking. It is the only SSL station in Illinois that is served only by the South Shore Line and not the Metra Electric District. The station and parking lot is owned by Metra, despite not serving any Metra routes. Thus, there is a unique arrangement where fares are subject to Metra's fare structure. Therefore, when the South Shore Line adjusts its fares, the fares for Hegewisch do not change, but if Metra adjusts its fares, the fares at Hegewisch are adjusted accordingly.

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